Foam roller’s scary cousin

Itโ€™s been a great month so far ๐Ÿ˜‰ Walking around Casas Adobes a stop at Whole Foods for almond butter, a juice and other necessities making the Pilotโ€™s favorite dinner: and a new circuit workout. But first, has anyone seen one of these before? A Rumble Roller! When I first saw it at the gym,…

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Tie Fail

So many fun adventures today! A world beat class (which was amaaaaaazzing) hike at Sabino Canyon and dinner with an intimate party of 17. I was SO excited to take world beat this morning. As I mentioned before, thereโ€™s no recorded music, only live drummers, and we dance to international rhythms including African, Latin and…

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“Everywhere you look”

Itโ€™s a full house over here ๐Ÿ™‚ (+ my nana and stepdad) The Pilotโ€™s side of the fam came in from the southeast yesterday afternoon, and when they got here we did what most people do with out-of-town guests: took them to a bar.   Ok, so not a *real* bar, but to the squadron…

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My Funny Valentine

6 years ago, Bella was a Valentineโ€™s Day gift from the Pilot. Same sassy face, 6 years later: We had gone to look at puppies one weekend, and I knew Bell was the one, so we decided to go back the following weekend. She came from a family here in Tucson โ€“none of whom spoke…

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2/12: Pics from the day

Breakfast for two A small family get-together Really, a giant fiesta with 5 generations <3 mariachis cake and a surprise wedding ceremony! An amazing Sunday, indeed.

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Rice cooker Italian quinoa

Good morning! Hope your day is off to a great start <3 Waffles with almond butter and jelly over here tea snuggles and teeny grunts and snores (coming from the lounger next to me). Itโ€™s a good day. The Pilot had to fly late last night, and since heโ€™s been the dinner chef in our…

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Freedom to move

Guess whoโ€™s in the clear?? Source At my midwife appointment today, she told me Iโ€™m โ€œfree to do whatever I was doing before.โ€ Music to my ears. Even though Iโ€™m still recovering, I feel great and am excited to get back into the things I love. Iโ€™m so excited to take a Zumba class this…

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Fam field trip

Why hello, farmerโ€™s marketโ€ฆ Itโ€™s been awhile! Yesterday we decided to take advantage of the gorgeous weather and hit up the Saturday market, which is smaller than the Sunday one, but still has quite a few vendors. Field trip for the entire fam ๐Ÿ˜€ We picked up some goodies for dinner, and since we were…

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House divided

Over here, itโ€™s an equal split between the early birds (Bell and I are wide awake) and the night owls. (Pilot and baby are snoozing away) Early bird gets theโ€ฆ waffle ๐Ÿ˜‰ A quick breakfast with two Vanโ€™s waffles, topped with almond butter and jelly, a salad with Goddess dressing and an egg + tea…

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Into the sun…

Flowers and sunlight!   Guess who ventured into the world todayโ€ฆ. It was so nice to get out. FREEEEEEEDOM! We had a lovely brunch at Eclectic Cafe: Lox, eggs, potatoes, OJ and fruit for me, the Pilot had granola, yogurt, eggs and French toast. Nana and Tata met us for coffee while we ate- it…

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Even better

Per your requestsโ€ฆ. 7 inches, NBD.  Iโ€™m actually wearing them right now! Ok, not quite, but moccasins are close ๐Ÿ˜‰ Speaking of pink and sassy, someone got a haircut today:   So fresh and clean, and she smells like flowers. Keeping up with the theme of the past week and a half, we laid low…

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